is a non-credit program designed for students who need to study languages that are not currently taught at Emory. Launched in 2008, SILS creates a structured, focused context for highly motivated independent language learners. SILS is primarily intended for students who have specific research- or project-oriented reasons for studying a given language. For example, many of our students plan to conduct overseas fieldwork or service projects. So far we have offered instruction in Albanian, Amharic, ASL, Bengali, Czech, Georgian, Greek (Modern), Haitian Creole, Indonesian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Twi and Vietnamese. Any living language that is not currently part of the Emory curriculum is eligible for inclusion in SILS.